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Color-Changing Hair Dye, Made by a Witch
A data visualization scientist and witch, Lauren Bowker has invented a hair dye that changes color. Just one of the many magical creations she’s developed at her material exploration house, UNSEEN, the …
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Cameras made from drinking straws, the possible return of a classic Nokia, the world's tallest atrium and more
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Photographing the Planet Every Day From 143 Satellites
San Francisco-based start-up Planet just launched 88 small satellites in a record-breaking take-off from India (among a total of 103 satellites on a PSLV rocket). If all goes according to plan, Planet …
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Black women who designed iconic fashions, music for the weather, a long-lost continent and more
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Wild Green Comet Coming Our Way Saturday Morning
For early risers on Saturday morning, a strange green comet will be visible. Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (named for the three astronomers who discovered it back in 1948) will reach maximum brightness pre-dawn, but …
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Scientists Have Found Evidence of a Lost Continent of Mauritia
The lost continent of Mauritia is believed to have been pulled apart by geological forces and sunk to the bottom of the sea long, long ago and scientists have just found evidence …
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Sending art to Trump, becoming a space archaeologist, a look at the real Playboy Mansion and more
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These Glasses Automatically Focus For You
A very clever team at the University of Utah has developed a set of liquid-based lenses that alter their curvature, depending on the distance of the wearer’s focal point. According to PSFK, …
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GlobalXplorer: How You Can Be a Space Archeologist
A “hybrid of Indiana Jones and Google Earth,” archaeologist Sarah Parcak uses satellite imagery to scour the earth for remains and lost cities and now she’s inviting us regular schmoes to do …